Arrow heads

Six different types of iron arrowhead. For hunting of large animals such as elks and reindeer. The arrowheads may have been deposited as a sacrifice or a gift to the guardian deity or to the hunting God Leib-olmai, the Alder Man. Perhaps giving thanks for a successful hunt or as insurance for the future. Part of a hoard find, Unna Saiva, Gällivare Parish, Lappland.

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